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| 1928 |
| | In only his third Test match, 20-year-old Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores a century | |
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| 1928 |
| | An Aerial Medical Service is launched in Queensland, Australia, subsequently becoming the Flying Doctor Service | |
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| 1928 |
| | US anthropologist Margaret Mead makes much of trouble-free sex among natives, in Coming of Age in Samoa, but her findings are subsequently disputed | |
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| 1930 |
| | English pioneer aviator Amy Johnson makes a 19-day solo flight in a Gipsy Moth from Croydon (part of London) to Darwin, Australia | |
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| 1930 |
| | The New Zealand racehorse Phar Lap wins huge popularity after an easy victory in the Melbourne Cup | |
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| 1930 |
| | Australian-born composer Percy Grainger writes variations on Handel's tune The Harmonious Blacksmith | |
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| 1931 |
| | The Statute of Westminster defines and formalizes the concept of the British Commonwealth | |
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| 1932 |
| | One of the defining landmarks of Sydney, in Australia, is opened – the single-span steel arch bridge across the city's harbour | |
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| 1932 |
| | English fast-bowler Harold Larwood causes outrage using the 'body-line' attack, devised by his captain, Douglas Jardine, in Test matches against Australia | |
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| 1934 |
| | Australian author Christina Stead publishes a first novel based on her own family, Seven Poor Men of Sydney | |
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